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CHEMISTRY, M8 2023 HSC 26

Nitric acid can be produced industrially using the process shown.
 

  1. A mixture of and enters Reactor 3 , where only is consumed by the reaction with water.
  2. Explain, with respect to Le Chatelier's principle, what happens to the .  (2 marks)
  1. Explain TWO improvements that can be made to the design of the process shown.  (3 marks)
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a.    Consider the equilibrium system in reactor 2:

→ is a reactant in Reactor 3 and is consumed by the reaction in Reactor 3, disrupting the equilibrium.

→ Le Chatelier’s Principle states that the position of equilibrium will shift to the left (as per the equilibrium equation above) to counter the depletion of .

→ This shift results in the further depletion of . This process will eventually see all of the decomposing to form .

 
b.   Design improvements:

→ A catalyst could be used in Reactor 1 to lower the activation energy required for the reaction to occur. This would decrease the required temperature, making the process more energy efficient.

→ Water is disposed of in Separator 3 and is required as a reactant in Reactor 3. A design improvement would be to recycle (rather than dispose) this water for use in Reactor 3. 

Other answers could include:

→ Capture the heat energy released from the cooler/condenser step between the processes in Reactor 1 and Reactor 2. This should be engineered so it can then be used in the Emissions control step, thus reducing the energy consumption of the overall nitric acid production.

→ The produced in Reactor 3 that is then further processed for safe release into the atmosphere as and could be recycled and used as a reactant in Reactor 2, helping conserve resources.

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a.    Consider the equilibrium system in reactor 2:

→ is a reactant in Reactor 3 and is consumed by the reaction in Reactor 3, disrupting the equilibrium.

→ Le Chatelier’s Principle states that the position of equilibrium will shift to the left (as per the equilibrium equation above) to counter the depletion of .

→ This shift results in the further depletion of . This process will eventually see all of the decomposing to form .

♦♦ Mean mark (a) 37%.

b.   Design improvements:

→ A catalyst could be used in Reactor 1 to lower the activation energy required for the reaction to occur. This would decrease the required temperature, making the process more energy efficient.

→ Water is disposed of in Separator 3 and is required as a reactant in Reactor 3. A design improvement would be to recycle (rather than dispose) this water for use in Reactor 3. 

Other answers could include:

→ Capture the heat energy released from the cooler/condenser step between the processes in Reactor 1 and Reactor 2. This should be engineered so it can then be used in the Emissions control step, thus reducing the energy consumption of the overall nitric acid production.

→ The produced in Reactor 3 that is then further processed for safe release into the atmosphere as and could be recycled and used as a reactant in Reactor 2, helping conserve resources.

♦ Mean mark (b) 49%.

BIOLOGY, M5 2022 HSC 31b

Lung cancer can be linked to genetic causes. One of the genes frequently studied in lung cancer tissue is the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) gene. It codes for EGFR protein, which is composed of one polypeptide chain.

  1. Construct a flow chart to outline the synthesis of the EGFR protein from the EGFR gene.   (4 marks)

The structure of the EGFR protein includes a receptor and an enzyme component. The function of the protein is to help the cell to regulate cell division.

EGFR mutations are present in about 32% of cases of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (the most common type of lung cancer).

  1. Explain how a mutation in the EGFR gene could result in changes in protein structure and function to increase the risk of lung cancer.   (4 marks)

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ii.   → A mutation is a permanent change to any section of DNA.

→ It can include the change in a single nucleotide base, the deletion or insertion of a base, which will alter all codons proceeding it, or the translation, deletion or addition or entire segments of a chromosome.

→ If this occurred in the EGFR gene, this will be copied onto the mRNA, which will be transcribed into the EGFR protein.

→ The change of the removal or addition of certain amino acids within the polypeptide chain or even the change in a single amino acid will change the function of the protein or make it unusable at all. In rare cases, this could be beneficial, or a change in an amino acid will be insignificant and not change the proteins shape.

→ In most cases however, the mutation on the EFGR gene will render it useless, leading to uncontrolled cell division (cancer).

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♦♦♦ Mean mark (i) 28%.

ii.   → A mutation is a permanent change to any section of DNA.

→ It can include the change in a single nucleotide base, the deletion or insertion of a base, which will alter all codons proceeding it, or the translation, deletion or addition or entire segments of a chromosome.

→ If this occurred in the EGFR gene, this will be copied onto the mRNA, which will be transcribed into the EGFR protein.

→ The change of the removal or addition of certain amino acids within the polypeptide chain or even the change in a single amino acid will change the function of the protein or make it unusable at all. In rare cases, this could be beneficial, or a change in an amino acid will be insignificant and not change the proteins shape.

→ In most cases however, the mutation on the EFGR gene will render it useless, leading to uncontrolled cell division (cancer).


♦♦ Mean mark (ii) 32%.

PHYSICS, M6 2019 HSC 7 MC

A bar magnet is moved away from a stationary coil.

Which diagram correctly shows the direction of the induced current in the coil and the resulting magnetic polarity of the coil?
 

 

 

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The current through the solenoid will produce a force that opposes the magnets motion (Lenz’s law).

So, there will be a north pole on the right hand side of the magnet. The right hand grip rule gives the direction of current. 


♦ Mean mark 47%.

MATRICES, FUR2 2020 VCAA 1

The three major shopping centres in a large city, Eastmall , Grandmall and Westmall , are owned by the same company.

The total number of shoppers at each of the centres at 1.00 pm on a typical day is shown in matrix .

  1. Write down the order of matrix .   (1 mark)

Each of these centres has three major shopping areas: food , clothing and merchandise .

The proportion of shoppers in each of these three areas at 1.00 pm on a typical day is the same at all three centres and is given in matrix below

`qquad qquad qquad P = [(0.48), (0.27), (0.25)] {:(F),(C),(M):}

  1. Grandmall’s management would like to see 700 shoppers in its merchandise area at 1.00 pm.

     

    If this were to happen, how many shoppers, in total, would be at Grandmall at this time?   (1 mark)

  2. The matrix    is shown below. Two of the elements of this matrix are missing.
     

     
    1. Complete matrix above by filling in the missing elements.   (1 mark)

    2. The element in row and column of matrix is .
    3. What does the element represent?   (1 mark)

The average daily amount spent, in dollars, by each shopper in each of the three areas at Grandmall in 2019 is shown in matrix    below.

On one particular day, 135 shoppers spent the average daily amount on food, 143 shoppers spent the average daily amount on clothing and 131 shoppers spent the average daily amount on merchandise.

  1. Write a matrix calculation, using matrix  , showing that the total amount spent by all these shoppers is $9663.20   (1 mark)

  2. In 2020, the average daily amount spent by each shopper was expected to change by the percentage shown in the table below.
      

     

      Area food clothing merchandise
      Expected change     increase by 5%       decrease by 15%       decrease by 1%   

     

     

    The average daily amount, in dollars, expected to be spent in each area in 2020 can be determined by forming the matrix product

  4. Write down matrix .    (1 mark)

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  4. ii.
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♦ Mean mark part (b) 45%.
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d. 

♦♦ Mean mark part (e) 24%.
 

e.  
 

CORE, FUR2 2020 VCAA 6

The table below shows the mean age, in years, and the mean height, in centimetres, of 648 women from seven different age groups.
 


 

  1. What was the difference, in centimetres, between the mean height of the women in their twenties and the mean height of the women in their eighties?  (1 mark)

A scatterplot displaying this data shows an association between the mean height and the mean age of these women. In an initial analysis of the data, a line is fitted to the data by eye, as shown.
 

 

  1. Describe this association in terms of strength and direction.  (1 mark)

  2. The line on the scatterplot passes through the points (20,168) and (85,157).

     

    Using these two points, determine the equation of this line. Write the values of the intercept and the slope in the appropriate boxes below.

     

    Round your answers to three significant figures.  (1 mark)

mean height = 
 
   +  
 
   × mean age

 

  1. In a further analysis of the data, a least squares line was fitted.

     

    The associated residual plot that was generated is shown below.

     
     

          

     

    The residual plot indicates that the association between the mean height and the mean age of women is non-linear.

     

    The data presented in the table in part a is repeated below. It can be linearised by applying an appropriate transformation to the variable mean age.

     

      

     

    Apply an appropriate transformation to the variable mean age to linearise the data. Fit a least squares line to the transformed data and write its equation below.

     

    Round the values of the intercept and the slope to four significant figures.  (2 marks)


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Mean mark part b. 51%.

b. 

 

♦♦ Mean mark part c. 23%.

c.   

 

 

D.    

NETWORKS, FUR2-NHT 2019 VCAA 3

The zoo’s management requests quotes for parts of the new building works.

Four businesses each submit quotes for four different tasks.

Each business will be offered only one task.

The quoted cost, in $100 000, of providing the work is shown in Table 1 below.
  


 

The zoo’s management wants to complete the new building works at minimum cost.

The Hungarian algorithm is used to determine the allocation of tasks to businesses.

The first step of the Hungarian algorithm involves row reduction; that is, subtracting the smallest element in each row of Table 1 from each of the elements in that row.

The result of the first step is shown in Table 2 below.
 


 

The second step of the Hungarian algorithm involves column reduction; that is, subtracting the smallest element in each column of Table 2 from each of the elements in that column.

The results of the second step of the Hungarian algorithm are shown in Table 3 below. The values of Task 1 are given as and .
 


 

  1. Write down the values of and .   (1 mark)

  2. The next step of the Hungarian algorithm involves covering all the zero elements with horizontal or vertical lines. The minimum number of lines required to cover the zeros is three.

     

    Draw these three lines on Table 3 above.   (1 mark)

  3. An allocation for minimum cost is not yet possible.

     

    When all steps of the Hungarian algorithm are complete, a bipartite graph can show the allocation for minimum cost.

     

    Complete the bipartite graph below to show this allocation for minimum cost.   (1 mark)

     

  1. Business 4 has changed its quote for the construction of the pathways. The new cost is $1 000 000. The overall minimum cost of the building works is now reduced by reallocating the tasks.

     

    How much is this reduction?   (1 mark)

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CORE, FUR2-NHT 2019 VCAA 5

A random sample of 12 mammals drawn from a population of 62 types of mammals was categorized according to two variables.

likelihood of attack (1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high)

exposure to attack during sleep (1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high)

The data is shown in the following table.
 


 

  1. Use this data to complete the two-way frequency table below.   (1 mark)

      
         
     

The following two-way frequency table was formed from the data generated when the entire population of 62 types of mammals was similarly categorized.
 
     

    1. How many of these 62 mammals had both a high likelihood of attack and a high exposure to attack during sleep?   (1 mark)

    2. Of those mammals that had a medium likelihood of attack, what percentage also had a low exposure to attack during sleep?   (1 mark)

    3. Does the information in the table above support the contention that likelihood of attack is associated with exposure to attack during sleep? justify your answer by quoting appropriate percentages. It is sufficient to consider only one category of likelihood of attack when justifying your answer.   (2 marks)

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    2.                      


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b.    i.

ii.   
 

 

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CORE, FUR2-NHT 2019 VCAA 3

The life span, in years, and gestation period, in days, for 19 types of mammals are displayed in the table below.
 

  1. A least squares line that enables life span to be predicted from gestation period is fitted to this data.
  2. Name the explanatory variable in the equation of this least squares line.   (1 mark)

  3. Determine the equation of the least squares line in terms of the variables life span and gestation period.
  4. Round the numbers representing the intercept and slope to three significant figures.   (2 marks)

  5. Write the value of the correlation rounded to three decimal places.   (1 mark)

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b.   


 

c.   

CORE, FUR2-NHT 2019 VCAA 1

The table below displays the average sleep time, in hours, for a sample of 19 types of mammals.
 

  1. Which of the two variables, type of mammal or average sleep time, is a nominal variable?   (1 mark)

  2. Determine the mean and standard deviation of the variable average sleep time for this sample of mammals.
  3. Round your answer to one decimal place.   (1 mark)

  4. The average sleep time for a human is eight hours.
  5. What percentage of this sample of mammals has an average sleep time that is less than the average sleep time for a human.
  6. Round your answer to one decimal place.   (1 mark)

  7. The sample is increase in size by adding in the average sleep time of the little brown bat.
  8. Its average sleep time is 19.9 hours.
  9. By how many many hours will the range for average sleep time increase when the average sleep time for the little brown bat is added to the sample?   (1 mark)

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GRAPHS, FUR2 2019 VCAA 3

Members of the association will travel to a conference in cars and minibuses:

  • Let be the number of cars used for travel.
  • Let be the number of minibuses used for travel.
  • A maximum of eight cars and minibuses in total can be used.
  • At least three cars must be used.
  • At least two minibuses must be used.

The constraints above can be represented by the following three inequalities.
 


 

  1. Each car can carry a total of five people and each minibus can carry a total of 10 people.

      

    A maximum of 60 people can attend the conference.

      

    Use this information to write Inequality 4.   (1 mark)

The graph below shows the four lines representing Inequalities 1 to 4.

Also shown on this graph are four of the integer points that satisfy Inequalities 1 to 4. Each of these integer points is marked with a cross (✖).
 


 

  1. On the graph above, mark clearly, with a circle (o), the remaining integer points that satisfy Inequalities 1 to 4.  (1 mark)

Each car will cost $70 to hire and each minibus will cost $100 to hire.

  1. What is the cost for 60 members to travel to the conference?  (1 mark)
  2. What is the minimum cost for 55 members to travel to the conference?  (1 mark)
  3. Just before the cars were booked, the cost of hiring each car increased.

      

    The cost of hiring each minibus remained $100.

      

    All original constraints apply.

      

    If the increase in the cost of hiring each car is more than dollars, then the maximum cost of transporting members to this conference can only occur when using six cars and two minibuses.

      

    Determine the value of  .  (1 mark)

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MATRICES, FUR2 2019 VCAA 2

The theme park has four locations, Air World , Food World , Ground World and Water World .

The number of visitors at each of the four locations is counted every hour.

By 10 am on Saturday the park had reached its capacity of 2000 visitors and could take no more visitors.

The park stayed at capacity until the end of the day

The state matrix, , below, shows the number of visitors at each location at 10 am on Saturday.
 


 

  1. What percentage of the park’s visitors were at Water World at 10 am on Saturday?   (1 mark)

Let be the state matrix that shows the number of visitors expected at each location hours after 10 am on Saturday.

The number of visitors expected at each location hours after 10 am on Saturday can be determined by the matrix recurrence relation below.
 


 

  1. Complete the state matrix, , below to show the number of visitors expected at each location at 11 am on Saturday.   (1 mark)

 

 

  1. Of the 300 visitors expected at Ground World at 11 am, what percentage was at either Air World or Food World at 10 am?   (1 mark)

  2. The proportion of visitors moving from one location to another each hour on Sunday is different from Saturday.

     

    Matrix , below, shows the proportion of visitors moving from one location to another each hour after 10 am on Sunday.

     

     

     
    Matrix is similar to matrix but has the first two rows of matrix interchanged.

     

  3. The matrix product that will generate matrix from matrix is
  5. where matrix is a binary matrix.
  6. Write down matrix .   (1 mark)
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c. 


 

d.  
 

 

MATRICES, FUR2 2019 VCAA 1

The car park at a theme park has three areas, and .

The number of empty and full parking spaces in each of the three areas at 1 pm on Friday are shown in matrix   below.
 


 

  1. What is the order of matrix ?   (1 mark)

  2. Write down a calculation to show that 110 parking spaces are full at 1 pm.   (1 mark)

Drivers must pay a parking fee for each hour of parking.

Matrix , below, shows the hourly fee, in dollars, for a car parked in each of the three areas.
 


 

  1. The total parking fee, in dollars, collected from these 110 parked cars if they were parked for one hour is calculated as follows.  

     

     

     

    where matrix    is a    matrix.

     

    Write down matrix  .   (1 mark)

The number of whole hours that each of the 110 cars had been parked was recorded at 1 pm. Matrix , below, shows the number of cars parked for one, two, three or four hours in each of the areas and .


 

  1. Matrix    is the transpose of matrix  .

      

    Complete the matrix    below.   (1 mark)

      


     

  2. Explain what the element in row 3, column 2 of matrix    represents.   (1 mark)

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c. 
 

d. 
 

e.  
   

CORE, FUR2 2019 VCAA 5

The scatterplot below shows the atmospheric pressure, in hectopascals (hPa), at 3 pm (pressure 3 pm) plotted against the atmospheric pressure, in hectopascals, at 9 am (pressure 9 am) for 23 days in November 2017 at a particular weather station.
 

A least squares line has been fitted to the scatterplot as shown.

The equation of this line is

pressure 3 pm = 111.4 + 0.8894 × pressure 9 am

  1. Interpret the slope of this least squares line in terms of the atmospheric pressure at this weather station at 9 am and at 3 pm.   (1 mark)

  2. Use the equation of the least squares line to predict the atmospheric pressure at 3 pm when the atmospheric pressure at 9 am is 1025 hPa.
  3. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.   (1 mark)

  4. Is the prediction made in part b. an example of extrapolation or interpolation?   (1 mark)

  5. Determine the residual when the atmospheric pressure at 9 am is 1013 hPa.
  6. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.   (1 mark)

  7. The mean and the standard deviation of pressure 9 am and pressure 3 pm for these 23 days are shown in Table 4 below.

    1. Use the equation of the least squares line and the information in Table 4 to show that the correlation coefficient for this data, rounded to three decimal places, is  = 0.966   (1 mark)

    2. What percentage of the variation in pressure 3 pm is explained by the variation in pressure 9 am?
    3. Round your answer to one decimal place.   (1 mark)

  1. The residual plot associated with the least squares line is shown below.
     

    1. The residual plot above can be used to test one of the assumptions about the nature of the association between the atmospheric pressure at 3 pm and the atmospheric pressure at 9 am.
    2. What is this assumption?   (1 mark)

    3. The residual plot above does not support this assumption.
    4. Explain why.   (1 mark)

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EXT1 S1 Probability Tables: Negative

Probability Table for Standard Normal Distribution
Negative z-scores

z 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09
-3.4 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.0002
-3.3 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0003
-3.2 0.0007 0.0007 0.0006 0.0006 0.0006 0.0006 0.0006 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005
-3.1 0.0010 0.0009 0.0009 0.0009 0.0008 0.0008 0.0008 0.0008 0.0007 0.0007
-3.0 0.0013 0.0013 0.0013 0.0012 0.0012 0.0011 0.0011 0.0011 0.0010 0.0010
-2.9 0.0019 0.0018 0.0018 0.0017 0.0016 0.0016 0.0015 0.0015 0.0014 0.0014
-2.8 0.0026 0.0025 0.0024 0.0023 0.0023 0.0022 0.0021 0.0021 0.0020 0.0019
-2.7 0.0035 0.0034 0.0033 0.0032 0.0031 0.0030 0.0029 0.0028 0.0027 0.0026
-2.6 0.0047 0.0045 0.0044 0.0043 0.0041 0.0040 0.0039 0.0038 0.0037 0.0036
-2.5 0.0062 0.0060 0.0059 0.0057 0.0055 0.0054 0.0052 0.0051 0.0049 0.0048
-2.4 0.0082 0.0080 0.0078 0.0075 0.0073 0.0071 0.0069 0.0068 0.0066 0.0064
-2.3 0.0107 0.0104 0.0102 0.0099 0.0096 0.0094 0.0091 0.0089 0.0087 0.0084
-2.2 0.0139 0.0136 0.0132 0.0129 0.0125 0.0122 0.0119 0.0116 0.0113 0.0110
-2.1 0.0179 0.0174 0.0170 0.0166 0.0162 0.0158 0.0154 0.0150 0.0146 0.0143
-2.0 0.0228 0.0222 0.0217 0.0212 0.0207 0.0202 0.0197 0.0192 0.0188 0.0183
-1.9 0.0287 0.0281 0.0274 0.0268 0.0262 0.0256 0.0250 0.0244 0.0239 0.0233
-1.8 0.0359 0.0351 0.0344 0.0336 0.0329 0.0322 0.0314 0.0307 0.0301 0.0294
-1.7 0.0446 0.0436 0.0427 0.0418 0.0409 0.0401 0.0392 0.0384 0.0375 0.0367
-1.6 0.0548 0.0537 0.0526 0.0516 0.0505 0.0495 0.0485 0.0475 0.0465 0.0455
-1.5 0.0668 0.0655 0.0643 0.0630 0.0618 0.0606 0.0594 0.0582 0.0571 0.0559
-1.4 0.0808 0.0793 0.0778 0.0764 0.0749 0.0735 0.0721 0.0708 0.0694 0.0681
-1.3 0.0968 0.0951 0.0934 0.0918 0.0901 0.0885 0.0869 0.0853 0.0838 0.0823
-1.2 0.1151 0.1131 0.1112 0.1093 0.1075 0.1056 0.1038 0.1020 0.1003 0.0985
-1.1 0.1357 0.1335 0.1314 0.1292 0.1271 0.1251 0.1230 0.1210 0.1190 0.1170
-1.0 0.1587 0.1562 0.1539 0.1515 0.1492 0.1469 0.1446 0.1423 0.1401 0.1379
-0.9 0.1841 0.1814 0.1788 0.1762 0.1736 0.1711 0.1685 0.1660 0.1635 0.1611
-0.8 0.2119 0.2090 0.2061 0.2033 0.2005 0.1977 0.1949 0.1922 0.1894 0.1867
-0.7 0.2420 0.2389 0.2358 0.2327 0.2296 0.2266 0.2236 0.2206 0.2177 0.2148
-0.6 0.2743 0.2709 0.2676 0.2643 0.2611 0.2578 0.2546 0.2514 0.2483 0.2451
-0.5 0.3085 0.3050 0.3015 0.2981 0.2946 0.2912 0.2877 0.2843 0.2810 0.2776
-0.4 0.3446 0.3409 0.3372 0.3336 0.3300 0.3264 0.3228 0.3192 0.3156 0.3121
-0.3 0.3821 0.3783 0.3745 0.3707 0.3669 0.3632 0.3594 0.3557 0.3520 0.3483
-0.2 0.4207 0.4168 0.4129 0.4090 0.4052 0.4013 0.3974 0.3936 0.3897 0.3859
-0.1 0.4602 0.4562 0.4522 0.4483 0.4443 0.4404 0.4364 0.4325 0.4286 0.4247
0.0 0.5000 0.4960 0.4920 0.4880 0.4840 0.4801 0.4761 0.4721 0.4681 0.4641

EXT1 S1 Probability Tables: Positive v2

Probability Table for Standard Normal Distribution
Positive z-scores

z 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09
0.0 0.5000 0.5040 0.5080 0.5120 0.5160 0.5199 0.5239 0.5279 0.5319 0.5359
0.1 0.5398 0.5438 0.5478 0.5517 0.5557 0.5596 0.5636 0.5675 0.5714 0.5753
0.2 0.5793 0.5832 0.5871 0.5910 0.5948 0.5987 0.6026 0.6064 0.6103 0.6141
0.3 0.6179 0.6217 0.6255 0.6293 0.6331 0.6368 0.6406 0.6443 0.6480 0.6517
0.4 0.6554 0.6591 0.6628 0.6664 0.6700 0.6736 0.6772 0.6808 0.6844 0.6879
0.5 0.6915 0.6950 0.6985 0.7019 0.7054 0.7088 0.7123 0.7157 0.7190 0.7224
0.6 0.7257 0.7291 0.7324 0.7357 0.7389 0.7422 0.7454 0.7486 0.7517 0.7549
0.7 0.7580 0.7611 0.7642 0.7673 0.7704 0.7734 0.7764 0.7794 0.7823 0.7852
0.8 0.7881 0.7910 0.7939 0.7967 0.7995 0.8023 0.8051 0.8078 0.8106 0.8133
0.9 0.8159 0.8186 0.8212 0.8238 0.8264 0.8289 0.8315 0.8340 0.8365 0.8389
1.0 0.8413 0.8438 0.8461 0.8485 0.8508 0.8531 0.8554 0.8577 0.8599 0.8621
1.1 0.8643 0.8665 0.8686 0.8708 0.8729 0.8749 0.8770 0.8790 0.8810 0.8830
1.2 0.8849 0.8869 0.8888 0.8907 0.8925 0.8944 0.8962 0.8980 0.8997 0.9015
1.3 0.9032 0.9049 0.9066 0.9082 0.9099 0.9115 0.9131 0.9147 0.9162 0.9177
1.4 0.9192 0.9207 0.9222 0.9236 0.9251 0.9265 0.9279 0.9292 0.9306 0.9319
1.5 0.9332 0.9345 0.9357 0.9370 0.9382 0.9394 0.9406 0.9418 0.9429 0.9441
1.6 0.9452 0.9463 0.9474 0.9484 0.9495 0.9505 0.9515 0.9525 0.9535 0.9545
1.7 0.9554 0.9564 0.9573 0.9582 0.9591 0.9599 0.9608 0.9616 0.9625 0.9633
1.8 0.9641 0.9649 0.9656 0.9664 0.9671 0.9678 0.9686 0.9693 0.9699 0.9706
1.9 0.9713 0.9719 0.9726 0.9732 0.9738 0.9744 0.9750 0.9756 0.9761 0.9767
2.0 0.9772 0.9778 0.9783 0.9788 0.9793 0.9798 0.9803 0.9808 0.9812 0.9817
2.1 0.9821 0.9826 0.9830 0.9834 0.9838 0.9842 0.9846 0.9850 0.9854 0.9857
2.2 0.9861 0.9864 0.9868 0.9871 0.9875 0.9878 0.9881 0.9884 0.9887 0.9890
2.3 0.9893 0.9896 0.9898 0.9901 0.9904 0.9906 0.9909 0.9911 0.9913 0.9916
2.4 0.9918 0.9920 0.9922 0.9925 0.9927 0.9929 0.9931 0.9932 0.9934 0.9936
2.5 0.9938 0.9940 0.9941 0.9943 0.9945 0.9946 0.9948 0.9949 0.9951 0.9952
2.6 0.9953 0.9955 0.9956 0.9957 0.9959 0.9960 0.9961 0.9962 0.9963 0.9964
2.7 0.9965 0.9966 0.9967 0.9968 0.9969 0.9970 0.9971 0.9972 0.9973 0.9974
2.8 0.9974 0.9975 0.9976 0.9977 0.9977 0.9978 0.9979 0.9979 0.9980 0.9981
2.9 0.9981 0.9982 0.9982 0.9983 0.9984 0.9984 0.9985 0.9985 0.9986 0.9986
3.0 0.9987 0.9987 0.9987 0.9988 0.9988 0.9989 0.9989 0.9989 0.9990 0.9990
3.1 0.9990 0.9991 0.9991 0.9991 0.9992 0.9992 0.9992 0.9992 0.9993 0.9993
3.2 0.9993 0.9993 0.9994 0.9994 0.9994 0.9994 0.9994 0.9995 0.9995 0.9995
3.3 0.9995 0.9995 0.9995 0.9996 0.9996 0.9996 0.9996 0.9996 0.9996 0.9997
3.4 0.9997 0.9997 0.9997 0.9997 0.9997 0.9997 0.9997 0.9997 0.9997 0.9998

CORE, FUR2 2018 VCAA 3

Table 3 shows the yearly average traffic congestion levels in two cities, Melbourne and Sydney, during the period 2008 to 2016. Also shown is a time series plot of the same data.

The time series plot for Melbourne is incomplete.

  1. Use the data in Table 3 to complete the time series plot above for Melbourne.   (1 mark)

  2. A least squares line is used to model the trend in the time series plot for Sydney. The equation is

       

  1.   i. Draw this least squares line on the time series plot.   (1 mark)

  2.  ii. Use the equation of the least squares line to determine the average rate of increase in percentage congestion level for the period 2008 to 2016 in Sydney.   (1 mark)

    iii. Use the least squares line to predict when the percentage congestion level in Sydney will be 43%.   (1 mark)

The yearly average traffic congestion level data for Melbourne is repeated in Table 4 below.

  1. When a least squares line is used to model the trend in the data for Melbourne, the intercept of this line is approximately –1514.75556
  2. Round this value to four significant figures.   (1 mark)

  3. Use the data in Table 4 to determine the equation of the least squares line that can be used to model the trend in the data for Melbourne. The variable year is the explanatory variable.
  4. Write the values of the intercept and the slope of this least squares line in the appropriate boxes provided below.
  5. Round both values to four significant figures.   (2 marks)

congestion level = 
 
  + 
 
  × year
  1. Since 2008, the equations of the least squares lines for Sydney and Melbourne have predicted that future traffic congestion levels in Sydney will always exceed future traffic congestion levels in Melbourne.

     

    Explain why, quoting the values of appropriate statistics.   (2 marks)

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b.i.   

 

b.ii.  

♦ Mean mark (b)(ii) 36%.
COMMENT: Major problems caused by part (b)(ii). Review!

 

 

b.iii.   
 
 
   

 

c. 

 

d.   

 

e.   

♦♦♦ Mean mark 18%.

 

CORE, FUR2 2018 VCAA 1

 

The data in Table 1 relates to the impact of traffic congestion in 2016 on travel times in 23 cities in the United Kingdom (UK).

The four variables in this data set are:

  • city — name of city
  • congestion level — traffic congestion level (high, medium, low)
  • size — size of city (large, small)
  • increase in travel time — increase in travel time due to traffic congestion (minutes per day).
  1. How many variables in this data set are categorical variables?  (1 mark)

  2. How many variables in this data set are ordinal variables  (1 mark)

  3. Name the large UK cities with a medium level of traffic congestion.  (1 mark)

  4. Use the data in Table 1 to complete the following two-way frequency table, Table 2.  (2 marks)

     

     


     

  5. What percentage of the small cities have a high level of traffic congestion?  (1 mark)

Traffic congestion can lead to an increase in travel times in cities. The dot plot and boxplot below both show the increase in travel time due to traffic congestion, in minutes per day, for the 23 UK cities.
 


 

  1. Describe the shape of the distribution of the increase in travel time for the 23 cities.  (1 mark)

  2. The data value 52 is below the upper fence and is not an outlier.
  3. Determine the value of the upper fence.  (1 mark)

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b.   
 

c.   
 

d.   

 

e.   
   
   

 
f.   
 

g.   
 

 

Harder Ext1 Topics, EXT2 2018 HSC 13d

The points    and    lie on the rectangular hyperbola  .

The line has equation  . (Do NOT prove this.)

The and intercepts of are and respectively, as shown in the diagram.
 


  

  1. Show that  .  (3 marks)

The point    lies on the parabola  . The tangent to the parabola at intersects the rectangular hyperbola    at and and has equation  . (Do NOT prove this.) The point is the midpoint of the interval . One such case is shown in the diagram.
 

  1. Using part (i), or otherwise, show that lies on the parabola  .  (2 marks)
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ii.    

♦ Mean mark part (ii) 50%.


 

`= M_(RS)= ((at)/2, (−at^2)/2)“

 

 
 

Algebra, MET2 2017 VCAA 4

Let  . Part of the graph of  is shown below.
 

  1. The transformation    maps the graph of    onto the graph of  .

     

    State the values of and .   (2 marks)

  2. Find the rule and domain for  , the inverse function of  .   (2 marks)

  3. Find the area bounded by the graphs of  and  .   (3 marks)

  4. Part of the graphs of  and  are shown below.
     

         
     
    Find the gradient of  and the gradient of    at  .   (2 marks)

The functions of  , where  , are defined with domain such that  .

  1. Find the value of such that  .  (1 mark)

  2. Find the rule for the inverse functions  of  , where  .   (1 mark)

  3. i. Describe the transformation that maps the graph of  onto the graph of  .   (1 mark)

    ii. Describe the transformation that maps the graph of  onto the graph of  .   (1 mark)

  4. The lines and are the tangents at the origin to the graphs of    and    respectively.
  5. Find the value(s) of for which the angle between and is 30°.   (2 marks)

  6. Let be the value of for which    has only one solution.
  7.  i. Find .   (2 marks)

  8. ii. Let    be the area bounded by the graphs of    and    for all  .
  9.     State the smallest value of such that  .   (1 mark)

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a. 

b. 

c.  ²

d.

e. 

f. 

g.i. 

g.ii. 

h. 

i.i. 

i.ii. 

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b.   

 

 

c.   

MARKER’S COMMENT: Specifically recommends using    in this type of integral to avoid errors in stating the integral.

 

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d.   
 

 

e.   

 

f.   

 

♦♦ Mean mark part (g)(i) 31%.

g.i.   
 

 

 

♦♦ Mean mark part (g)(ii) 30%.

g.ii.   
 

 

 

h.   

♦♦♦ Mean mark part (h) 13%.

 

 

 

i.i   

♦♦♦ Mean mark part (i)(i) 4%.

 

 

i.ii 

♦♦♦ Mean mark part (i)(ii) 2%.

 

Algebra, MET2 2017 VCAA 2

Sammy visits a giant Ferris wheel. Sammy enters a capsule on the Ferris wheel from a platform above the ground. The Ferris wheel is rotating anticlockwise. The capsule is attached to the Ferris wheel at point . The height of above the ground, , is modelled by  , where is the time in minutes after Sammy enters the capsule and is measured in metres.

Sammy exits the capsule after one complete rotation of the Ferris wheel.
 


 

  1. State the minimum and maximum heights of above the ground.   (1 mark)

  2. For how much time is Sammy in the capsule?   (1 mark)

  3. Find the rate of change of with respect to and, hence, state the value of at which the rate of change of is at its maximum.   (2 marks)

As the Ferris wheel rotates, a stationary boat at , on a nearby river, first becomes visible at point . is 500 m horizontally from the vertical axis through the centre of the Ferris wheel and angle , as shown below.
 

   
 

  1. Find in degrees, correct to two decimal places.   (1 mark)

Part of the path of is given by  , where and are in metres.

  1. Find .   (1 mark)

As the Ferris wheel continues to rotate, the boat at is no longer visible from the point  onwards. The line through and is tangent to the path of , where angle .
 

   
 

  1. Find the gradient of the line segment in terms of and, hence, find the coordinates of , correct to two decimal places.   (3 marks)

  2. Find in degrees, correct to two decimal places.   (1 mark)

  3. Hence or otherwise, find the length of time, to the nearest minute, during which the boat at is visible.   (2 marks)

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b.   

 

c.   

♦ Mean mark 50%.
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d.   

♦ Mean mark 36%.
MARKER’S COMMENT: Choosing degrees vs radians in the correct context was critical here.

 

 

e.   

 

f.   

 

♦♦♦ Mean mark part (f) 18%.
MARKER’S COMMENT: Many students were unable to use the rise over run information to calculate the second gradient.

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

♦♦♦ Mean mark part (g) 7%.

g.   
   
 

 

h.   

♦♦♦ Mean mark 5%.

 

 
 

GRAPHS, FUR1 2017 VCAA 8 MC

The shaded area in the graph below shows the feasible region for a linear programming problem.

The objective function is given by

Which one of the following statements is not true?

  1. When and , the minimum value of is at point .
  2. When and , the maximum value of is at point .
  3. When and , the minimum value of is at point .
  4. When and , the maximum value of is at point .
  5. When and , the maximum value of is at point .
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GRAPHS, FUR1 2017 VCAA 4 MC

The annual fee for membership of a car club, in dollars, based on years of membership of the club is shown in the step graph below.

In the Martin family:

• Hayley has been a member of the club for four years
• John has been a member of the club for 20 years
• Sharon has been a member of the club for 25 years.

What is the total fee for membership of the car club for the Martin family?

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GRAPHS, FUR1 2017 VCAA 2 MC

The graph below shows the volume of water in a water tank between 7 am and 5 pm on one day.

Which one of the following statements is true?

  1. The volume of water in the tank decreases between 8 am and 11 am.
  2. The volume of water in the tank increases at the greatest rate between 4 pm and 5 pm.
  3. The volume of water in the tank is constant between 12 noon and 2 pm.
  4. The tank is filled with water at a constant rate of 100 L per hour.
  5. More water enters the tank during the first five hours than during the last five hours.
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NETWORKS, FUR1 2017 VCAA 3 MC

Consider the following graph.
 

 
The adjacency matrix for this graph, with some elements missing, is shown below.
 

 
This adjacency matrix contains 16 elements when complete.

Of the 12 missing elements

  1. eight are ‘1’ and four are ‘2’.
  2. four are ‘1’ and eight are ‘2’.
  3. six are ‘1’ and six are ‘2’.
  4. two are ‘0’, six are ‘1’ and four are ‘2’.
  5. four are ‘0’, four are ‘1’ and four are ‘2’.
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Calculus, MET2 2016 VCAA 4

  1. Express    in the form  ,  where and are non-zero integers.   (2 marks)

  2. Let  .
    1. Find the rule and domain of , the inverse function of .   (2 marks)

    2. Part of the graphs of and    are shown in the diagram below.
       

    3. Find the area of the shaded region.   (1 mark)

    4. Part of the graphs of and are shown in the diagram below.
       

    5. Find the area of the shaded region.   (1 mark) 
  1. Part of the graph of  is shown in the diagram below.
     
       
     

     

    The point  is on the graph of .

     

    Find the exact values of and such that the distance of this point to the origin is a minimum, and find this minimum distance.   (3 marks)

Let  , where .

  1. Show that    implies that   where  .   (2 marks)

  2. Let be the point of intersection of the graphs of  .
    1. Find the coordinates of in terms of .   (2 marks)

    2. Find the value of for which the coordinates of are  .   (2 marks)

    3. Let    and be the vertices of the triangle . Let    be the square of the area of triangle .
       

       

         
       

       

      Find the values of such that  .   (2 marks)

  3. The graph of and the line    enclose a region of the plane. The region is shown shaded in the diagram below.
     

     

     

    Let    be the rule of the function that gives the area of this enclosed region. The domain of is  .

    1. Give the rule for .   (2 marks)

    2. Show that    for all  .   (2 marks)

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  3.  ii. ²
  4. iii. ²
  8.   i.
  9.  ii.
  10. iii.
  11.  i.
  12. ii.
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b.i.  

 

 

b.ii.   

 
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b.iii.   
   
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♦♦♦ Mean mark part (c) 25%.

 

c.   
 
 

 

d.   

♦♦♦ Mean mark part (d) 8%.

 

 

 

♦♦ Mean mark part (e)(i) 32%.
e.i.   
 
 
 
 
   

 

 

e.ii.   

♦ Mean mark part (e)(ii) 44%.

 

e.iii.  
   

 

♦♦♦ Mean mark (e)(iii) 6%.

 
   

 

 

♦♦ Mean mark (f)(i) 28%.
f.i.   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

♦♦♦ Mean mark part (f)(ii) 4%.
f.ii.  
 
 
 
 
 

MATRICES, FUR2 2016 VCAA 3

A travel company is studying the choice between air (), land (), sea () or no () travel by some of its customers each year.

Matrix , shown below, contains the percentages of customers who are expected to change their choice of travel from year to year.

Let be the matrix that shows the number of customers who choose each type of travel years after 2014.

Matrix below shows the number of customers who chose each type of travel in 2014.

Matrix below shows the number of customers who chose each type of travel in 2015.

  1. Find the values missing from matrix .   (1 mark)

  2. Write a calculation that shows that 478 customers were expected to choose air travel in 2015.   (1 mark)

  3. Consider the customers who chose sea travel in 2014.
  4. How many of these customers were expected to choose sea travel in 2015?   (1 mark)

  5. Consider the customers who were expected to choose air travel in 2015.
  6. What percentage of these customers had also chosen air travel in 2014?
  7. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.   (1 mark)

In 2016, the number of customers studied was increased to 1360.
Matrix , shown below, contains the number of these customers who chose each type of travel in 2016.

  1. The company intends to increase the number of customers in the study in 2017 and in 2018.
  2. The matrix that contains the number of customers who are expected to choose each type of travel in 2017 () and 2018 () can be determined using the matrix equations shown below.


 

    1. The element in the fourth row of matrix is – 80.
    2. Explain this number in the context of selecting customers for the studies in 2017 and 2018.   (1 mark)

    3. Determine the number of customers who are expected to choose sea travel in 2018.
    4. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.   (2 marks)

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b.   

♦♦ Mean mark part (b) and (c) was 35% and 45% respectively.

 

c.  

 

 

d.  

♦♦♦ Mean mark 17%.


 

 
 

 

e.i.  

♦ Mean mark 14%.
MARKER’S COMMENT: “80 people chose not to travel” was a common answer that received no marks.

 

e.ii.  
   
   

 

 
 

 

CORE, FUR1 2016 VCAA 6-7 MC

Part 1

The histogram below shows the distribution of the number of billionaires per million people for 53 countries.
 

Using this histogram, the percentage of these 53 countries with less than two billionaires per million people is closest to

 

Part 2

The histogram below shows the distribution of the number of billionaires per million people for the same 53 countries as in Part 1, but this time plotted on a scale.
 

Based on this histogram, the number of countries with one or more billionaires per million people is

  1.  
  2.  
  3.  
  4.  
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♦ Mean mark 45%.
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MATRICES, FUR2 2013 VCAA 2

10 000 trout eggs, 1000 baby trout and 800 adult trout are placed in a pond to establish a trout population.

In establishing this population

    • eggs () may die () or they may live and eventually become baby trout ()
    • baby trout () may die () or they may live and eventually become adult trout ()
    • adult trout () may die () or they may live for a period of time but will eventually die.

From year to year, this situation can be represented by the transition matrix , where
 


 

  1. Use the information in the transition matrix to
    1. determine the number of eggs in this population that die in the first year.   (1 mark)

    2. complete the transition diagram below, showing the relevant percentages.   (2 marks)

       

          Matrices, FUR2 2013 VCAA 2_a

The initial state matrix for this trout population, , can be written as
 


 

Let  represent the state matrix describing the trout population after years.

  1. Using the rule  , determine each of the following.

     

    1.    (1 mark)

    2. the number of adult trout predicted to be in the population after four years   (1 mark)

  2. The transition matrix predicts that, in the long term, all of the eggs, baby trout and adult trout will die.
    1. How many years will it take for all of the adult trout to die (that is, when the number of adult trout in the population is first predicted to be less than one)?   (1 mark)

    2. What is the largest number of adult trout that is predicted to be in the pond in any one year?   (1 mark)

  3. Determine the number of eggs, baby trout and adult trout that, if added to or removed from the pond at the end of each year, will ensure that the number of eggs, baby trout and adult trout in the population remains constant from year to year.   (2 marks)

The rule    that was used to describe the development of the trout in this pond does not take into account new eggs added to the population when the adult trout begin to breed.

  1. To take breeding into account, assume that 50% of the adult trout lay 500 eggs each year.
  2. The matrix describing the population after one year, , is now given by the new rule
  4. where      
    1. Use this new rule to determine .   (1 mark)

  5. This pattern continues so that the matrix describing the population after years, , is given by the rule
  6.      
     

    1. Use this rule to determine the number of eggs in the population after two years   (2 marks)

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a.ii. 

b.i.   

b.ii.

c.i.   

c.ii.  

d.   

e.i.   

e.ii.   

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MARKER’S COMMENT: A 100% cycle drawn at was a common omission. Do not draw loops and edges of 0%!
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b.i.   
   

 

b.ii.   
   

 

 

c.i.   


 


 

c.ii.   


 


 

d.   

 

 

e.i.   
   
   
   

 

e.ii.   
   

       
   

MATRICES, FUR1 2013 VCAA 7 MC

A school has three computer classes, A, B and C. There are 15 students in each class.

Each student is given a mark out of 100 based on their performance in a test.

Matrix  below displays the marks obtained by these 45 students, listed by class.
 


 

 Two other matrices,  and , are defined below.
 


 

Which one of the following matrix expressions can be used to generate a matrix that displays the mean mark obtained for each class?

A.   

B.   

C.   

D.   

E.   

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Calculus, 2ADV C3 2004 HSC 10b

2004 10b

 
The diagram shows a triangular piece of land    with dimensions   metres,  metres and    metres, where  .

The owner of the land wants to build a straight fence to divide the land into two pieces of equal area. Let    and    be points on    and    respectively so that    divides the land into two pieces of equal area.

Let   metres, metres and   metres.

  1. Show that  .  (1 mark)

  2. Use the cosine rule in triangle    to show that
     
           (2 marks)

  3. Show that the value of    in the equation in part (ii) is a minimum when
     
         .  (4 marks)

  4. Show that the minimum length of the fence is   metres, where  . 

     

    (You may assume that the value of    given in part (iii) is feasible.)  (2 marks)

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iii.  
 
   

 

 

 

iv. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Algebra, STD2 A4 2007 HSC 27a

   A rectangular playing surface is to be constructed so that the length is 6 metres more than the width.

  1. Give an example of a length and width that would be possible for this playing surface.   (1 mark)

  2. Write an equation for the area () of the playing surface in terms of its length ().   (1 mark)

     

    A graph comparing the area of the playing surface to its length is shown.
     
       
     

  3. Why are lengths of 0 metres to 6 metres impossible?   (1 mark)

  4. What would be the dimensions of the playing surface if it had an area of 135 m²?  (2 marks)

     

    Company constructs playing surfaces.

         

  5. Draw a graph to represent the cost of using Company to construct all playing surface sizes up to and including 200 m².

     

    Use the horizontal axis to represent the area and the vertical axis to represent the cost.   (2 marks)

  6. Company charges a rate of $360 per square metre regardless of size. 
  7. Which company would charge less to construct a playing surface with an area of 135 m²

     

    Justify your answer with suitable calculations.   (1 mark)

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CORE, FUR1 2014 VCAA 6 MC

The dot plot below shows the distribution of the time, in minutes, that 50 people spent waiting to get help from a call centre.
 

     

Which one of the following boxplots best represents the data?

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♦ Mean mark 37%.
MARKER’S COMMENT: A majority of students failed to calculate the outer fence where outliers begin, a step required to get the correct answer.

 

 

Statistics, STD2 S5 2008 HSC 28a

The following graph indicates  -scores of ‘height-for-age’ for girls aged  5 – 19 years.
 

 
 

  1. What is the  -score for a six year old girl of height 120 cm? (1 mark)

  2. Rachel is 10 ½  years of age. 

     

    (1)  If  2.5% of girls of the same age are taller than Rachel, how tall is she?   (1 mark)

     

    (2)  Rachel does not grow any taller. At age 15 ½, what percentage of girls of the same age will be taller than Rachel?   (2 marks)

  3. What is the average height of an 18 year old girl?   (1 mark)

For adults (18 years and older), the Body Mass Index is given by

 where    in kilograms and    in metres.

The medically accepted healthy range for    is  .

  1. What is the minimum weight for an 18 year old girl of average height to be considered healthy? (2 marks)

  2. The average height, , in centimetres, of a girl between the ages of 6 years and 11 years can be represented by a line with equation
     
               where is the age in years. 
     
    (1)  For this line, the gradient is 6. What does this indicate about the heights of girls aged 6 to 11?   (1 mark)

     

    (2)  Give ONE reason why this equation is not suitable for predicting heights of girls older than 12.   (1 mark)

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FS Resources, 2UG 2014 HSC 28d

An aerial diagram of a swimming pool is shown. 

The swimming pool is a standard length of 50 metres but is not in the shape of a rectangle.

(i)   Given  , determine the scale of the diagram such that

1 cm = m   (1 mark)

(ii)  If the length of a carpark next to the pool measured 5 cm (not shown), how long would it be in real life?   (1 mark)

(iii)  In the diagram of the swimming pool, the five widths are measured to be: 

 

 

The average depth of the pool is 1.2 m

Calculate the approximate volume of the swimming pool, in cubic metres. In your calculations, use TWO applications of Simpson’s Rule.   (3 marks)

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(ii)  

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♦ Mean mark 50%. Be careful not to give away easy marks! 
 
 
 
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Measurement, STD2 M7 2011 HSC 24a

Part of the floor plan of a house is shown. The plan is drawn to scale.

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  1. What is the width of the stairwell, in millimetres?   (1 mark)

  2. What are the internal dimensions of the bathroom, in millimetres?    (1 mark)

  3. What is the length , the internal length of the rumpus room, in millimetres?   (1 mark)

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Measurement, STD2 M1 2010 HSC 28b

Moivre’s manufacturing company produces cans of Magic Beans. The can has a diameter of  10 cm and a height of  10 cm.

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  1. Cans are packed in boxes that are rectangular prisms with dimensions  30 cm × 40 cm × 60 cm.

     

    What is the maximum number of cans that can be packed into one of these boxes?   (1 mark)

  2. The shaded label on the can shown wraps all the way around the can with no overlap. What area of paper is needed to make the labels for all the cans in this box when the box is full?   (2 marks)

  3. The company is considering producing larger cans. Monica says if you double the diameter of the can this will double the volume.

     

    Is Monica correct? Justify your answer with suitable calculations.   (2 marks)

      
    The company wants to produce a can with a volume of 1570 cm³, using the least amount of metal. Monica is given the job of determining the dimensions of the can to be produced. She considers the following graphs.
     
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  4. What radius and height should Monica recommend that the company use to minimise the amount of metal required to produce these cans? Justify your choice of dimensions with reference to the graphs and/or suitable calculations.   (2 marks)

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♦♦ Mean mark 27%
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♦ Mean mark 38%
MARKER’S COMMENT: Many students didn’t account for the clearance of 0.5 cm at the top and bottom of each can.
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♦ Mean mark 44%
MARKER’S COMMENT: Many students performed calculations in this part without concluding if Monica is correct or not. Read the question carefully.
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♦♦ Mean mark 26%
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Financial Maths, STD2 F4 2010 HSC 28a

The table shows monthly home loan repayments with interest rate changes from February to October 2009.

 2010 28a

  1. What is the change in monthly repayments on a  $250 000  loan from February 2009 to April 2009?  (1 mark)

  2. Xiang wants to borrow  $307 000  to buy a house.

     

    Xiang’s bank approves loans for customers if their loan repayments are no more than 30% of their monthly gross salary.

     

    Xiang’s monthly gross salary is $6500.

     

    If she had applied for the loan in October 2009, would her bank have approved her loan?

     

    Justify your answer with suitable calculations.    (3 marks)

  3. Jack took out a loan at the same time and for the same amount as Xiang.

     

    Graphs of their loan balances are shown.
     
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    Identify TWO differences between the graphs and provide a possible explanation for each difference, making reference to interest rates and/or loan repayments.   (2 marks)

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♦ Mean mark 39%
MARKER’S COMMENT: Borrowing $307,000 can be achieved by borrowing $300,000, and then times the table repayment value for borrowing $1000. 
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♦ Mean mark 36%
MARKER’S COMMENT: Explanations were generally poor and many failed to refer directly to the graphs shown, or reference Xiang or Jack directly.

Statistics, STD2 S1 2010 HSC 26b

A new shopping centre has opened near a primary school. A survey is conducted to determine the number of motor vehicles that pass the school each afternoon between 2.30 pm and 4.00 pm.

The results for 60 days have been recorded in the table and are displayed in the cumulative frequency histogram.
 

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  1. Find the value of  Χ  in the table.   (1 mark)

  2. On the cumulative frequency histogram above, draw a cumulative frequency polygon (ogive) for this data.   (1 mark)
  3. Use your graph to determine the median. Show, by drawing lines on your graph, how you arrived at your answer.   (1 mark)
  4. Prior to the opening of the new shopping centre, the median number of motor vehicles passing the school between  2.30 pm  and  4.00 pm  was 57 vehicles per day.

     

    What problem could arise from the change in the median number of motor vehicles passing the school before and after the opening of the new shopping centre?

     

    Briefly recommend a solution to this problem.   (2 marks)

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♦♦♦ Mean mark 18%
MARKER’S COMMENT: The ogive was poorly drawn with many students incorrectly joining the middle of each column rather than from corner to corner.
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♦♦ Mean mark 25%
MARKER’S COMMENT: Many students did not “show by drawing lines on the graph” as the question asked.

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♦ Mean mark 47%
MARKER’S COMMENT: Short answers were often the best. Be concise when you can.
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Algebra, STD2 A4 2013 HSC 30a

Wind turbines, such as those shown, are used to generate power.

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In theory, the power that could be generated by a wind turbine is modelled using the equation

where is the theoretical power generated, in watts 
  is the speed of the wind, in metres per second.

 

  1. Using this equation, what is the theoretical power generated by a wind turbine if the wind speed is 7.3 m/s ?  (1 mark)

In practice, the actual power generated by a wind turbine is only 40% of the theoretical power.

  1. If is the actual power generated, in watts, write an equation for in terms of .    (1 mark)

The graph shows both the theoretical power generated and the actual power generated by a particular wind turbine.
 
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  1. Using the graph, or otherwise, find the difference between the theoretical power and the actual power generated when the wind speed is 9 m/s.   (1 mark)

A particular farm requires at least 4.4 million watts of actual power in order to be self-sufficient.

  1. What is the minimum wind speed required for the farm to be self-sufficient?    (1 mark)

A more accurate formula to calculate the power () generated by a wind turbine is

 

where     is the length of each blade, in metres
  is the speed of the wind, in metres per second. 

 
Each blade of a particular wind turbine has a length of 43 metres.The turbine operates at a wind speed of 8 m/s.

  1. Using the formula above, if the wind speed increased by 10%, what would be the percentage increase in the power generated by this wind turbine?   (3 marks)

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♦ Mean mark 34%
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♦ Mean mark 38%
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♦♦ Mean mark 25%
COMMENT: Students need to be comfortable in finding the cube roots of values – a calculation that can be required in a number of topic areas and is regularly examined.
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♦ Mean mark 41%
MARKER’S COMMENT: Students are reminded that a % increase requires them to find the difference in power generated at different wind speeds and divide this result by the original power output, as shown in the Worked Solution.
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Algebra, STD2 A4 2012 HSC 30b

A golf ball is hit from point to point , which is on the ground as shown. Point is 30 metres above the ground and the horizontal distance from point to point is  300 m.
 

The path of the golf ball is modelled using the equation 

 

where 

is the height of the golf ball above the ground in metres, and 

is the horizontal distance of the golf ball from point in metres.

The graph of this equation is drawn below.

  

  1. What is the maximum height the ball reaches above the ground?    (1 mark)

  2. There are two occasions when the golf ball is at a height of 35 metres.

     

    What horizontal distance does the ball travel in the period between these two occasions?   (1 mark)

  3. What is the height of the ball above the ground when it still has to travel a horizontal distance of 50 metres to hit the ground at point ?   (1 mark)

  4. Only part of the graph applies to this model.

     

    Find all values of that are not suitable to use with this model, and explain why these values are not suitable.   (2 marks)

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COMMENT: With a mean mark of 92% in (i), a classic example of low hanging fruit in later questions.

 

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MARKER’S COMMENT: Responses for (iii) in the range    were deemed acceptable estimates read off the graph.

 

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♦♦♦ Mean mark (iv) 12%
MARKER’S COMMENT: Many students did not refer to the domain as unsuitable to the model.